Abu Qatada has won his appeal to avoid extradition from the UK to Jordan, where he is wanted on charges of terrorism, and is set to be freed from jail. British judges ruled that the radical Muslim cleric is at risk of an unfair trial in his homeland, where prosecutors are known to possess evidence obtained […]

However, they said that Jordan had not guaranteed that statements given by other people subjected to torture would be banned from his trial.

The European Court of Human Rights came to the same conclusion in January, stating that extraditing Qatada was likely to violate his right to a fair trial as protected under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

A statement from the UK’s Home Office said it would seek leave to appeal today’s ruling, with which it “strongly disagrees.”

Qatada — real name Omar Othman — has already been convicted in absentia of involvement in two terrorist bomb plots in Jordan. He maintains that the evidence against him was obtained through the torture of his co-defendants, and sought asylum in Britain in 1993 after being tortured twice himself.

Until today, Qatada had been detained without charge at a prison in western England. He has never been charged with any crime in the UK.

He has, however, repeatedly advocated the killing of non-Muslims, the Press Association reported. He was reportedly described as “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe,” and a number of videos of his statements were found in the apartment of Mohammed Atta, one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks.

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